The Sun. — London, England, 1808-12-26 00:00:00

I NAVAL NEWS. , PLYMOUTH, Dec. 24 ' .—Arrived (lie 'Denas, (transrort) Capt. 'GRIFFITH JONES, frOin an d Corunna, left the former place the r 24111 NO vernber, in company With about 20 sail, 'under con - voy of the Eagle, 74, Capt. Row LEY. Arrived the. Espeigle, Sloop of War, froM Cork"; - having on board a company of flying artillery._ Sailed the Brilliant Frigate, for PortsmoUth. Arrived the Portugpese Ship, 0 Xi visi'aviete, JOZE,MELIT AS TEIXINA, master, from Portsmouth, laden with sugar, coffee, and hides, bound to Opor to; Sloop Trycs//,. LUKE, from Newry, with bUtter, bound to London ; Lisbon - . Packet, - Capt. Fonees, from Ramsgate, bound to Cadiz and Gibraltar; Per seuerance, (tender) from Limerick. . Sailed the We.eitie Schooner, dud Ganitier•Cutter, to the Westward, Pot T s - siouTif, N.W.--Arrived 'the froda Plymouth; lord Nt• tiOn (Trans. :port), alter having been deserted by the crew, plun dered by the French, and picked itp . by tbeTheii:y 'Cheek • Gun-brig. DEAL, licc. o. s.—Arrived tine Giniizar Sloop Of ar from a cruize. Sailed the Skylaz:lz Sloop of War On a crUize. Put biCk the Success, CRiiittc, for Jamaica. Artived `flom 'the:River 'the Cato, H os sAci, fO r Ray , • • • SHEERNESS,Dtc. 24.—Atiirid His Majesty's 81" P Blake, obliged to put back fratii contrary winds, and blowing bard.. Sailed the Skylark, CUpt. BOXER, for the DoWns. DEC. 25.---Saded ibe 'Corddia, Ca' t. XgtslitEDY, Ur Yarmontll. ISLAN D SOP SCILLY, DEC. 0."-- - -The Schooner 81/772,7fer, of. Boston, hENJAsiIN WAINE master, from :Lisbon, 'laden with wine and cork, bound .to"Plf ,lll'uth, is under the . necessit of taking bar 6 car , o Or a 11art,thereOf, into lighters, to lighten - the v essel, 'tha t she May Boat olf from high water Ma r k, .at the Isla n d of Trescoe, whether she was - crriven iii a gale'of wind on the ► Stii November 'last. Pcc. 17 .--Cathe iu 'the Edinond, joniCP4Gi, master, frOt Malta and Meisina, latlen with'oll, rags, seed, and t-nadtWr root, bound to Liviirpocrl.,— During her stay here she will perfort] quarantine. ,ttlo the Brig -Fortitude, Cltwas, Master, from London to Liverpool, with 'Sundries. DEC..`,20.--Last night, in a gale of wind, a Brig', In ballast; from Southampton to You3hati, partei /ler moorings, a n d d r if te d on the rocks, near the Island of TreSCoe. Crew all saved. V • ALMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Sailed the Resistance Fri- E.,ate oil . a cruize; and the Duke af ! Packet for Lisbon. . . I'ORtV DEC. Y, 2'l :4-The .4chilks, of NeWcastle, WeATRiaLy master, arrived in 'this Bay last s light,,, after ex p er i enc i ng a di ea df u l _ gale from the "" • IN N. E. for three days and nights, being driven on the French coast, but fortunately by carrying a press of sail, and the wind veering a few points to the Eastward she succeeded in keepingotT the lee shore, 'though at one time nearly amongst broken water, then otT St. Vallery. They saw several ships in great 'distress, and hake every reason to believe Many must have perished. On the afternoon of the 1 8th, the gale then tremendous high, they passed on e s hi p ors the Point of sinking, but slit! being a little to wind ward could give them no assistance. fro,,, liourl after they fell in with another named the Briglaok Pac!et, of Dedl, in a sinking state, and with great difficulty succeeded in preserving the. crew, who they have landed safe here. When they left the Vessel the water wa-snbove the cabin deck, a great' part of the Achilles crew are now ill from extreme fatigue and cold. From the account of the crew saved, much credit •is due to the Master of the -*Niles, for his great exertion, and risk run to save their lives. The Achilles was on heT, paisage from Portsmouth to Newcastle. The following is extra6led from one of the last New York Papers : The destiny of our Country. —For more than a month past we have been impressed with a belief that the Embargo would not be raised at the com niencement of the present' Session of Congress.— Our expeaations and our fears have been, and still Are, that Congress instead of removing the Embargo, will immediately raise an additional standing arthy, under ,the p retext of national defence, but in reality for the purpose of enforcing obedience to that un necessary, unconstitutional, and oppressive measure;; and that a small portion of this army will be sta tioned in the Northern part of this State, - and - the residue in various parts of the New7England , should this h e th e faa a Civil War will be our States table doom. —The People of New-Engl an d w ill never suffer a measure which they deein unnecessary, unconstitutional, and destru&ive to their beat inte rests, to be enforcedat the point of the bayonet. One of the America Papers received on Friday, mentions the arrival of intelligence that au Ainbasal Sdor h ad been appointed by the Suprerne,Junta of Pain to th e U nited States of America. The Editor, r.etnarits, that an Ambassador from a peop td meet g for !heir . ind e p en d ence, could not tail meef- Ith a welconie reception from. the hien& of fivwf . d ° lll in America) but expresses a doubt, at the same wliVifier President would receht bim. s POETIti 7 . 11011 ACE, LIE. 1. ODE 19. rARAPIIRASED, Boy, bring th' exhilarating bowl, To cure this fever of my soul, And chace remembrance from the Since t fOr pity sue in vain. • 0, Venus, look with fav'ring eyes, A votary faithful, hopeless. sighs ; By scornful beauty dooni'd to prove Ttswasring pangs of slighted love: Young Glycera, resistless fair! Inspires fierce love and black despair; Her radiant eyes excite desire, While at her frown my hopes expire. The spotless lily shines contest Less . sweet than her transparent breast; Her features cotintless graces 'shew, But, ah she's wild as mountain roe : In vain'l kneel, away she flies From ardent vows and tender sighs. By Wiry unuerv'd, my languid mind, 140 more to Martial themes inclin'd, Forbears to sketch the Scythian rude, Or Parthian eager still for blood ; , My pensive lyre, inlydian strains Alone can sing its Master's pains. Yet bring mey Boy, each' rich perfume, And Flora's gifts in . veinal bloom; While the pioud goblet's't Parkling marie, The rich libation shall discharge, The'hYinph May sytri s pathize my woes, km: melt as the Falernian'fic4s. siatio•squ'are, Dec. tz, ISA NALLAC. NENV THEATRE.—Theteretnony of laying the Foundation-stone o f 'Coven . t-garden afford a grand and interesting scene to the Public, as it is iu be performed with all the dignify of the masonic Mites and formalities.—The follot‘iing is - a `cOpy of The CircUlar Letter which has'been addresSedto the Masters of the several' Lodges in this . Metropoli s. who 'are required to assist . on . thissplendid occasion. Freemase " I have rec e i ve d the.com W mands aster of the Grand ns' Master to acquaint you, that, front unavoidable circumstances, be l ts obliged to postpone the Cerethony o f k4ing the Foundation. 'stone of(:ovent.garclen Theatre till'Saforday, the 13 . ist hist. .when your atte n da nce, w i th your Wardens, is hereby re ,lfittired,.at Freemasons' Hall, on that day, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, to forma R —PECt A L GanNo Lo p dr., and prdccett from thence ro 'atiend the 'G rand-Master accOrdingly. " By Coiirmand of the Grand Master, " WILLIAM 'WHITE, C. S. Tlie'Con3petitinn is still eager for the new Patent of the Edinburgh - Theatre, which conitnenees 'in September next, anti which is.to extend to 2 1 years. The 6ughters of the late Mr. JACKSON, who are the Proprietors of the Theatre, are thought to have the best chance of siiecession. A new Comedy is forhconiing• at Drury-12ne Theatre, of which the Green 'Room 'report is fa t•oiir4bfe, and 'it is one good oinen that the Pee -formers, who are 10 be 'concerned in it, are 'hi! 'pleased with their chhrheters. 1311Autot has recently been to Bath, in order to support thq 'concerts of it,voizr NI ; and STORACR, though she had 'retired from public life, 'came fel:- 0/nd on this occasion, for the last time, laudably 'closing her career in behalf of arespeiitable veteran, who has long 'resided in this country, and c e r ta i n l y contributed, in no small' degree, to improve its mu sical taste, particularly in the vocal departMent. IfuorcAPAtrc, by a recent drdinance„ has imposed a monthly tax on every woman of the town in Paris, rigidly enfinciog the registry of their several direc tions with the Prefed of the Police; and it h a view to prevent evasion from this impost, .Or probably to protea the regular trader, he has appointed a pe-' nalty of 100 francs for any woman pursuing the vo cation of the sisterhood, without a licence. The ingenuity of the French casuists has, we hear, been employed to determine at what degree of intrigue the tax was to continence, and to avoid a kind of poll-tat,-it has been limited to those professionally. graduated. Saturday, Viscount CatmottstE gave his annual bounty to thirty of the oldest Irish Chairmen in Westminster. It consisted ; f two bushels of coals, a half-peck loaf, four pounds of beef, and two shil lings in money to each man. The letter's from America are full of complaints against the piracy and - ctuelLy corn'tnifted upon Ame rican subjects and property by the " French vil lains," as they are termed, who infest the ocean.— A catalogue o; . captures is inserted in the American papers, which sufficiently justifis the clamours of the people against the Government for not avenging the indignities hourly committed upon their trade. The instances alluded to are, where American' ves sels having received permission from the President to sail from their respeL•tive ports; have been captured by French privateers, their cargoes confiscated, and their crews put in prison in. France. Letters from our squadron off Helsenburgh, da te.l t h e loth instant, mention that the navigation of the Baltic ,was rendered dangerous by the ice, and that the cold in the Sound was intense. , A Copy of the Report made by the Governor of Bornholm, giving the following account of a recent bombardment of the fortress 01Christiansoe, in that Island, by the English, has been received. It ap pors by it that— On the ".!141) alt. tivo British Ships of the Line, one of them a three-decker, a Frigate,' a Brig, and three bombs, each carrying two mortars, were de scried from the heights. The wind South West.— About seven o'clock the Bombs took a station about 4000 . yards from the East-side of the fortress, and by half-past eleven had thrown. 300 shellS. At nine o'clock'.the large ships advanced in a line, and after repeated discharges on the fortress, passed out . of reach of our the to the Eastward, the wind con -6,lllling from the *South. When the vessels had ceased'firing, they moved to the'North East of the .fortress, and departed. None of the garrison were billed, but. six Swedes and a woman were killed by a shell .which fell in the prison. Th e Command an t KouL was wounded in the leg ; six soldiers and three Strangers were likewise wounded. it is admitted that the furl revs was much dama - sed, as were seve ral ships in the harbour." , . PORTUGUESE PROCLAMATION. 81' THE '*TENDANT-GENERAL OF POLICE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICES' DISTRICT. • PoitToottEsc !---;Where does your fury trans pyrt you ? Do yo'n 'suppose that the. English are bc::otne French ? No, my dear countrymen, the 0,1) are not come here in the character of con querors, as the Frendomen did , —they came to free us from th e slavery that oppressed us. If we deny this truth, we must be reproached as an ungrateful people. The English did not enter "Portugal from any motives of ambition ; their motives are more generous, wise, and politic ; they :1(116w very Well that views of aggranditement always te:td to destroy the equilibrintn that forms the fundamental Law of Nations. What Great Britain aims at is only the restitution of all countries to their lawful Sove , reigns.—Ah ! 'incomparable GEORGE, how great will be thy glory in future times ! Where is the :Sovereign in Europe.that,does not, at present, owe his crown to thee? Thy name shall for ever shine in, the Portuguese annali: "'Excuse then, 0 mighty King ! the indiscreet zeal of a people who love their Sovereign, and whose Jeeliags are.partly analog Ons to thy views. Remain quiet, them, co ye Inhabitants of the most faithful and loyal City in Portugal ; it is to you, ye Inhabit ants of Porto, that I speak, for those honourable epithets are 'indisputably your right. Consider that • the gforious 'cause which you have undertaken can only be obstruated and 'retarded by vain and tumul tuous:mobil. This is what the common enemy Wiihes foe; and a'Civil wa r wou ld on l y retard their ,total destruation. "let us then unite ourselves to our faithful , Allies, the English and the Sp an i ar d s , , 'ioprder to overthrew that hellish Monster. " Thermion • of:these three nations will scorn all Frenchmen's threats, their intrigues, and perfidy.— We shall then have the glory of being instrumental in' the speedy overthrow of the Tyrant, in bringing abolt a geiter:il Peace, and in`restoring our august Prinee to his lawful Throne. This is thejust cause that calls aloud for your vengeance, and in which )dit ought to display all your courage, your love, and your fidelity. Long jive Portugal-long live Great Britain—long live Spain ! " J. F. IL G." . . The Goiernment of Madras, in June last, receiv ed intelligence that an Expedition of some magni tude was prepaiing at Manilla, in 'consequence of which our cruizers in that diredion had been in cfeac.ed:L--It was supposed that another pred.itory visit to the coast Of Sumatra was intended, and orders had in consequence been sent to Bencoolen for the rernoVal of the stores, &c. farther into the interior, and to improve, by all possible means, the defences -of Fort Marlborough. An instance of s eri ou s di s t ur b ances an d insubor dination recently occurred among the Students in_ the East India Company's College at Hertford.— The Court of - Direetors, has in consequence, agreed 'to smile Resolutions, declaring that the future irre gularities of the kind shall be punished by expul sinn, and exclusion from any situation in the ser ice., An order for the immediate execution of Smith, Master's Mate of the Paithian, (or the murder of Captain BAL:bEASTO, has been forwarded to mouth. Saturday night's. Gazette contains. two Procla mations, ordering Wednesday, the £3lh, and Thurs day, the bth of February, to be observed as public days of tasting and humiliation—The former day, throughout England and Ireland, the latter through out Scotland. On Friday last his Royal Highnecs the Duke of GLOUCESTER arrived at Dagfstord. House, the beau 'titul seat of the venerable and much-esteemed owner, Governor HASTINGS, and on Saturday morning changed' horses at the White Hart lon, Chipping-Norton ; on his way to town. - EDINBURGH, Dec..2f3.—•-An attempt to break the Gaol of this City, by the persons confined in the east or felons side, Was discovered this morning, by some person passing, who heard a knocking in the inside, and .observed, by the light of a lamp imme diately adjoining, a small opening in the wall. The prisoners had cut a hole in two floors, sufficient to admit a man, by which- they got down to the hall, where they knocked away the stones, bricks, &c. at the back of the grate, where the wall is thin nest, and, would undoubtedly have etretied t heir pur pose, if they had not been discovered. They are now properly secured. At a season when people's heaits and purses are more especially open to the performance of gene rous :las, it may be a question of some importance to ask, how can such acts be the most profitably conferred ? This question becomes doubly interest ing at a moment. when an object presents itself, that must prove to many a source of great gain. It is submitted ) therefore, whether families, who wi,h to reward a dutifid son or daughter, an indn , :trious apprentice, or n good servant, can bestow either of them so agreeable, or-perhaps so valuable a Christ mas Gift, as the Share of a Ticket in - the present Grand Lottery ! Such a present may turn out of consequence, by producing a Prize, that may lay a foundation of real happiness and indepe r udence through life, to the object of their generosity. SMITHFIELD MARKET, DFC. z 6. This day's market was toleiably well supplied with prime beasts, and the slew of cattle in other respeas was pretty good; Beef is dearer than our last report ;, Mutton, Pork, and Veal, sold at last prices, and the trade in general was middling. The sales in the Haymarket were somewhat lively; Hay, Straw, and Clover obtained last price.—The 'undermentioned prices and numbers are a correa statement : To sink the Offal per stone of Sib. Beef 4s. od.. to ss. Bd.—Mutton 4s. od. to 55. 4d. —Veal 7.45. 6d. to 6s. 4el.—Lamb os. ad. to os. od.—Pork 4s. 6d. to 6s. od. Beasts. 1,7c0. —Sheep, Z4,Soo•—Calves, 2.2s.—Pigs, 320. Hay 41. los. od. to 61. os. od.— Clover 61.6,. od. to 71. 7s. od.—Straw il. cos . cd. to ti, 16s. od. Cott N-EKcnANGE, Dp.c. I).—The arrival of grain 10-day in general are very feWi,and, in. -cOnsequence of the navigation of. the Thanies being stopped, scarce any - buyers attended, nor were any sales effecl-1 tcicauseany yasiatioo frnn 4.11 r iniees.quoted on 'Friday; which - ttais day are deemed nocrtity4. 1 A dth . RAt DILL OF ALL THE CDR'S TENINGS AND BUR4ALS, FROM tZei 15, 1807 ) tO DEC. 14, 1.84,. , • According to the Report made to the King's Most Excellen] Majesty, by the Company of Parish Clerks of London, &c, CURIST ENE!). BURIED. rem.les 9,7t 6. t!;,9..4` , Males - - 10,1$g Fesnales - - 9,7(7 In all; .19.94 iwusr.EoiF Under tWo years of age Between Two and Five 2,464 Five and Ten '— 2:47 Ten and Twenty Twenty and Thirty - 1,1 o Thirty and Forty - 1,792 Forty and Fifty - 1,971 • Increased in the burl: There ' have bevn Executed COuntv of &Ott*: 5 ; 01 . putted to be liuried.(4 ~,trch) AVE D'11) . . Imy anti Sixty-. ' :1,60 . 3 Sixtpand Svcntv , •1,40 Seventy and Eiglfty.:. 1,2z0, Eighty and Ninety , so 4 Ni&u and a 1111:mired 6; A Hu , died - , r A Hundretl i and l'Ali r i:113 this Year. 1.6z0. l in the City of Lorvicn .and ich number none have 1,,,•:., re vithin the Billsut Niortahrt. Friday Morning ab ou t e i g h t o'cloCk a vicious bul lock tossed Up 11 milkman, of the .naive of Jones, the corner of Norfolk -street, in the Strand,- and butted at him with a large pair of horns, Which the man parried off as much as he could tvih hi s Jones being relieved, he was carried home in a dank gerous way, and remains confined under the care of a Professional. Gentleman. The infuriated anirnal afterwards gored a boy between „the thighs within Go yards of the place, who was taken home maimed to his parent*. in the neighb mrhool, It is supposed that the want of water and hard driving drove the creature wild. On the Rth inst. an inquest was taken at Packing.' ton,. by Mr., C. BATEMAN, Coroner for the tonnty of Derry, on a view ot the body of ,Capt. Fort De uegos, French prisoner of war, aged 47, Lady resid ing at Ashby-de-la-Zo.‘ch, whbse death teas occa sioned bv a swtri - d-wound, receiVed, it i conj...ctured, in a duel, fought with some one of ilk fellow pri soners, The body %ya., found ishe afternoon of the Gth inst. in a tkld in Packingtbn, a'.:lont a mile. from :Ashby, and was warm. The Jul returned a Ver. dart' of 4i:l ;Warder agttin'st sortie pefS'On or persons unl,znown. Saturday three women of good appearance were charged at the Pollea Office, Southwark, wit shop. lifting. It appeared that the w cot to the shop of Mr. Brewer, in.Blackftiars'-road, pretendi , tg to look at a watch -for a friend, but departed without mak ing a purchase. Mr. B. howevet-, nutL , -.:1:a:ely after misft-d a valuable watch, and pur,itint.; the ladies, bound them in con)pany with itoolilird, Hat wood, and Haydon, characters well known at the otlic. They, were all apprehended, and the watch was found on W , :odlord: On this evidence Sir J. Pin horn, the Magistrate, cointnitted them all for trial. On Friday a hackney coach broke down in Fleet street; A Lady and Gentlemen were in it at the time ; u sorry to add, that when the coach gal e way, a heavy trunk, s high was inside of the coach, dropped upon the Lady's leg and broke it. She was immediately carried into a Medical Gentleman's sho-, where the bone was set. 'Notwithstanding this misfortune, the coachman insisted on his fine, which with much spirit, was refused by the Gentleman, who instead ofgi%ing him his bite, left him w ith an intention of bringing an action against him on the score of plying %snit a coach unfit for use. Yesterday sa - miglit an apprentice to Mr. Hep penstaii, of Stamt,rd, -going to Barnack with a new saddle, which had been-,purchased at his master's shop, was stopped by a hiolikt OppOSite to the baba in Burghley Park, who dismounted, and knot k cd down the young man v,ith a large stick, and was in the at-rot taking tho saddle away, which was -strapped. routid the lad's shoulders), when some people coming., , in sight, the villain mounted his hoise, and galloped off without his booty. He was a stoat man, cibppt - 30.yeats of age,- and was mount ed on a light chestint horse. LAST ChTp;ITtilTY--- . and a most important on e it is. Were there no other Capital Priies noio.• in the Wheel thin the Three Of 9.0,0,90 i. each, they would be alone sufficient to render To-nun row's drawing an object of the highest interest. "lei, impossible, in fact, for even the most lukewarm suitors of Fortune to contemplate it without ex:wriencing an impUlse extraordinary to adventure at so great and critical a moment, when there are so few nembers left to draw, yet so, many and immense Capifals still forth. coming. 4111 P GRAVISEND, DECFNIIIIR 23. Passed by— the Prince of Biazif, Cart,r, frxii Oporto; Duke of Montrose, _Patterson, and the Worcester, Forster, from India. Sailed —the Resolution, Illackerly, and Ann, Diblois, for Africa .Betsey,' Mutross, for Dublin ; Rotator, Davidson, for Madeira ; Anne," Thorp, and the Ann, Friar, for Ja maica, BIRTHS.. On Thursday the isth inst. at Welton Park, Beacons field, Rucks, the Lady of lames Dupre, Esq of a Daughter. On Tuesday, Mrs. Brown, of Russell-square, ofa Daugh ter. Yesterday, in Charterhouse-square, Mrs. t.;% Hale, of a Daughter. On the tith hest. Mrs. G. Hamilton Dundas, younger, of Duddingstoun, of a Daughter. • MARRIRD, • On Sunday the lath of November last, at the Episcopal Church, in Schencdady. America, George William Pea. therstonhaugh, Esq. of Great Britain, to Mist Duane, eaugh • ter of the late lion. fames Duane, Esq. On Tuesday last, Mr. Robert G wilt, of Chelsea, / second son of the Rev. Robert ;wilt, Redor of ic:linghams, Alt Saints, and St. ladies, in the County of Suffolk, to Man, eldest daughter of the. late Henry Williams, Esq. of Nassau, New Prov Hence. On Thursday last, at Chigwell, in Essex, fames Brabazon Urmston, Esq. of Chigwell, to E lizabeth, third daughter of John Hanson, Esq. of Russell-square. On Saturday last !. at St. George's, Queen-s quare, S amue l Welchinan, Esq. ot Starnford-strett,, to Charlotte. daughter of the late Edward Gordon, Esq. of Brotitley, Middlesex. DIED. • 'Ou Wednesday night, the yotingett (laughter of Clio Rick. man. • On the,2rst inst. Miss Adams, eldeit daughter of the late Mrs. Susannah Adams, of Ware, Herts. The same day, at his house in R.odney-street, Liverpool, Richard Boothby, aged 62. . On the 23d inst. at Margate, Kent, after a few days ill ness, Charles Dalbiac, EN-. aged 84 years. On Satualay l ' ast, at .iishouse in King-street, Cheapside, George Sian k,: aged 7 t. _ . Tile. sante morning,,at her house hi Cambcrwell,grove, Mrs: Army, aged. 77. On Sunday last, Mrs„,lterell, of Round Englef i eld. green. . • • . Suddenly, whilst sitting iz his chair, Mr. Potter, formerly groom to Sir Cilaf 4:s Bun :Jury, Bar t. .of Great Barton, Sal. tolk. HIGH wATEtt AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.AIOR. ItOW. ,lfori~ir z 8 train. after v.* Afternoon, 57 at:,: 9.